Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-24

me like a gentleman. l remembered II,
ana TO snow you my appreciation Of you,
l want TO make you present" And
then he carried the protesting ex-Re-
cor4er into store and pre- scented him
, with a s. silE hat.
Milledgeviile Union: W told
good joke on nimselftbe other night. He
with Two others saw an advertisement in
Yankee paper TO send music box that
would play two tunes for 81 one that wou d
play five Tor 81 and one mat would play
dfieen Tor 81. They sent the requisite
amount OF cash and ordered one OF each.
! When they arrived they proved TO he these
common little narmsnicas, one about an
Iuch and a hall long, the 81 one little
longer and the "a one just such a one as
you may buy anywhere tor lJc. They
pOcketed the loss and said nothing till 1t
leaked Uut on them. That IS ike the way
a friend OF mine got sold out. His plsnta-
tion'was ruined with nut grass. He saw
an advertisement in which Tor SIS would
be sent perfect and easy method TO get
rid OF the nut grass. He sent his V, and
in reply received: sSell the id place
and move away" If you want 10 see
him rear now, ask him how to get rid Of
the nut grass.
The washerwonien of southeast Az
lanja are on the war-palh. Early Tuesday
, morning procession of them moved Into
Justice Tanners office and laid on the
floor divers and sundry bundles Of cloth
ing, which they said mad been "dOne up"
FOR certain people Who had failed 10 pay
for the WORK. They asked the protection
OF the Justice, and were told that they
had a ldbOrer's lien and requested to
leave the clothes with the Justice. He
will notify the owners, and unless they
come forward and pay what they owe the
clothes will be sold for the benefit Of the
female scrubbers. 1t seems that num-
Der OF these washerwomen belong 10 a
church society 10 which of late they have
been unable to pay their dues because of
failure TO collect their wash bills. so the
head OF the society advised them to form
an association tor their protection. They
nave done so. and it was a delegation
from this association which appealed in
solemn form to the law TO give them their
rights this morning.
Rev. j. NJ. White, pastor of the Method
ist church at Kingston, came very near
meeting with serious accident Monday.
Par OF his parish lies across the river
and he preacpes there every second Sab
bath. be preached as usual sunday and
was returning by the way of Dents ferry.
| When be reached the river he drove his
| horse and buggy on to the fiat, and two
negroes, who. were acting as ierrymen,
started across. Saturday night il rained
very hard and the river was swollen con-
| siderably, and when the fiat reached the
middle OF the river the current caught 1t
and 1t was so strOng that it pulled away
from the negroes who had the rope and
star ed swiftly down stream. Two hun
| dred yards below the ferry stand the piers
| OF the new bridge which is now being
built. The upright poles and bracing are
| placed thickly along the entire width Of
the river, and Mr.. White knew he was
I n IN or
hitching bis horse which, by the way, is
| three-minute One), and not a minute
| too soon, he struck the stone pier broad.
side, capsizing the boat. Everything was
thrown into the water, his horse being
| carried under the fiat. The hands at
work on the bridge quickly assisted them
out, and Mr.. White went on his way re-
Joicing, wiser and a wetter man.
At Griffin Monday night about IL
O'Clock, at his residence on Twelfth street,
w. u. Robinson, ST., made several unsuc-
cessiul attempts 20 commit suicide. For
five months Mr.. Robinson has suffered
with dropsical affection of the heart,
which has dehed the treatment of the
most skIlliul physicians. 1t had gradu-
ally, but surely, undermined his consti-
tuition. The knowledge Of his physi-
peal condition., in connection with
financial troubles, had 80 preyed
upon his mind that melancholy
had ensued. Alter supper Monday night
MIR. Robinson said to Green Hames, his
negro attendant: "This will be the last
night l shall need you, Green, as l have
changed my plans somewhat" He then
insisted that the negro should lie down
and get little sleep. Without any sus-
! spicIOu OF what would follow, Green Law
! down and was soon sleeping soundly. He
was awakened by MIR. Robnson's calls,
and the trst thing be heard was, "Green,
| does my wife know what | have donep
Done" exclaimed the negro, what have
| you dOneY "See," replied Mr.. Robinson,
showing three CHASTITY wounds in his side,
81 have attempted suicide" The poor
sufferer had removed some OF the cover
| Ing from the bed, made Il pallet on the
! floor, lay down upon it, and then at
tempted to drive the knife into his side.
! Being weak from his long sickness he
/ was unable to strike with sufficient force,
and to make sure of his work, he secured
a brick (Which was in the room, used as a
rest for the door, and three times he drove
the knife into his side with the brick.
/ Still he did not accomplish his purpose,
| and being determined to make death GER
tain, he attempted to cut both wrists,
and then hacked his throat. BY this time
| he was so weak he fell back exhausted
| and called the negro. AS soon as the me-
| gro took in the situation he awOke Mrs
| Robinson, and then ran across the street
and called w. b. Hudson, who responded
at once. Other neighbors and friends
soon came in, physician was
summoned, and everything pOssi Die was
done TO relieve the wounded man. The
sufferer soon sank into a heavy sleep,
and it was then discovered that to make
| his work dOuby sure he had swallowed
the contents OF a bottle labeled laudanum.
The quantity, however, was not sufficient
to produce death, and rather tended TO
| relieve his pain. Whether he would sur
vive was uncertain at last accounts.
| FLORIDA.